It's also a natural laxative that helps prevent jaundice by clearing your baby's body of meconium: the first thick, black, tarry poop. (verywellfamily.com)
The advantages of getting rid of the meconium and transitional stool are that it can help prevent jaundice or make jaundice leave more quickly. (verywellfamily.com)
This clears excess bilirubin, a waste product of dead red blood cells which is produced in large quantities at birth due to blood volume reduction, from the infant's body and helps prevent jaundice. (sciencedaily.com)